'I just want my son home,' U.S. Marine Veteran from El Paso injured fighting for Ukranian Army,...

With a dog tag around her neck, Sara Hernandez sat in her kitchen and talked about her son, Alex Ortiz. She laughed as she shared fond memories and stories from his childhood, and she became frustrated as she talked about the struggles of getting her injured son home.

Ortiz, a 25-year-old U.S. Marine veteran, decided to buy a one-way ticket to Ukraine in March after seeing Russia invade the country. Ortiz was severely wounded, losing an eye and part of his skull while on the frontline. He currently sits in the ICU unit of a German hospital, and his pathway home to the United States is a long and winding road.

After being told her son was healthy and stable enough to travel on a plane, Hernandez says she reached out to the U.S. government to help get her son home. He would need a special plane equipped with an ICU to travel back.